Please Help

One of the largest animal testing companies is trying to put a facility right here in Chandler- about 3 miles from my house. Please visit www.stopcovance.com to sign the petition. And click on www.protectchandler.org or www.covancecruelty.com to learn more. They have violated the Animal Welfare Act numerous times and are publically criticized for their import of primates from Africa. They also posess a Class B Dealer's license, meaning they can acquire "subjects" for research from newspaper ads, animal shelters, etc. Covance is the single largest importer of primates in the U.S. and the world's largest breeder of "purpose-bred" laboratory dogs.

In Memory

In the summer of 2000, I was fortunate to be awarded an internship at The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, TN. Along with founders Carol Buckley and Scott Blais, I worked alongside primary elephant caregiver Joanna Burke. She was an amazing girl and a great person to work with. Joanna died on July 21 after a tragic accident involving Winkie, one of the sanctuary's elephants. She was struck by Winkie and then stepped on, killing her instantly. If you would like to honor Joanna's life, please make a donation in her name to The Elephant Sanctuary. It is what Joanna would have wanted. To read more please visit www.elephants.com or http://www.elephants.com/pr/joanna_burke_7_24_06.htm.

Make Your Pledge...

Make you pledge for animals by sponsoring me in this year's Bowl-A-Rama. The 4th annual Bowl-A-Rama event brings together over 50 animal rescue organizations from the Phoenix area. By pledging your favorite team or bowler, your money goes directly to AAWL animal rescue. If you can make a pledge, please visit aawl.org. Then click "Make your pledge for Bowl-A-Rama 2006" under "Upcoming Events." In the memo line, please put "Bowl-A-Rama: Lori Brown." Thank you.

Vintage Bongo

The 80's Called....

So the 80's called and they want these fine chicks back:
Oh wait, those aren't chicks, that's POISON!!! I would be lying if I said I was not at the Poison/Cinderella concert Sunday night. Sarah, Maresa, KC and I definitely had a "time."

Survival guide to Poison/Cinderella:

1. Jean skirts, blue eye shadow, crimped hair...CHECK
2. Friends who are so ridiculous they cut bangs just so they can have some sweet mall bangs action for the night...CHECK (SARAH!!!)
3. An 18 pack in the parking lot...CHECK
4. Original rockers nicknamed "Pit Bull Dan" who keep repeating "man, they're just as good as they were 20 years ago" during Poison...CHECK
5. Ending up with bruised knees the next morning somehow...that would be KC!!!...CHECK

Hasselhoff Undergoes Surgery

LONDON -- Former "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff had surgery after severing a tendon in his right arm in an accident in a London gym bathroom, his spokeswoman said Friday.
The 53-year-old actor, who played lifeguard Mitch Buchannon on the TV beach drama for 11 years, was shaving at a gym in the Sanderson Hotel on Thursday when he hit his head on a chandelier, showering his arm with broken glass, his publicist, Judy Katz, said.
Doctors operated to repair the injury and Hasselhoff spent one night at St. Thomas' Hospital in central London, Katz said.
"He's fine," Katz said by phone from New York. "He's out of the hospital and will resume filming tomorrow."